#479AE6#479AE6

#479AE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.139 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#479AE6
RGBrgb(71, 154, 230)
HSLhsl(209, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(209, 69%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(69.1%, 33%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(61.79, -0.92, -45.72)
CIE-LCHlch(61.79, 45.73, 268.85°)
OKLaboklab(66.92% -0.05 -0.1296)
OKLCHoklch(66.92% 0.139 248.9)
XYZxyz(28.4317, 30.1609, 79.1708)
Luminance0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#479AE6 #E69347
analogous
#47E6E3 #479AE6 #474BE6
triadic
#479AE6 #E6479A #9AE647
tetradic
#479AE6 #E347E6 #E69347 #4BE647
square
#479AE6 #E347E6 #E69347 #4BE647
split-complementary
#479AE6 #E6474B #E6E347
monochromatic
#155C9D #1D7CD3 #479AE6 #7DB8ED #B3D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99
#479AE6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03
#479AE6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #479AE6
7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##479AE6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##479AE61.002.997.037.03
#FFFFFF2.991.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0321.001.001.00
##0000007.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#789EE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#628EE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ACB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #479ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 154, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.139 248.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb7ee',
    500: '#479ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #479ae6;
$custom-light: #8bb7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#479ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.679,
    "s": 76.077,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66922,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#479AE6
secondary
#E4C3A5
accent
#9035F3
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #479AE6

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#479AE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva